Michiaki Takahashi, 85, Who Tamed Chickenpox, Dies (Published 2013)

Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, whose experience caring for his 3-year-old son after the boy contracted chickenpox led him to develop a vaccine for the virus that is now used all over the world, died on Monday in Osaka, Japan. He was 85. The cause was heart failure, said his longtime secretary, Maki Fukui. In 1964 Dr. Takahashi, who had spent several years studying the measles and polio viruses in Japan,

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水疱瘡ワクチンを実用化した医学者高橋理明氏の長文追悼記事。氏は自分の子供が水疱瘡で重症化したことをきっかけにワクチンを開発。ちなみに「水疱瘡　ワクチン」でぐぐるとワクチン否定の馬鹿サイトが上位にヒット